Violent protests for education reform in Chile

Santiago: Violence has broken out in Chile's capital as tens of thousands of students stage another protest demanding changes in public education.

Masked demonstrators burned cars and barricades, looting storefronts and throwing furniture at police. Officers are responding with tear gas and water cannons.

Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter says the violence shows student leaders can't control their demonstrators.

Tens of thousands of students and teachers earlier marched peacefully in Santiago and elsewhere in Chile. But masked protesters then split off from the main crowd and began clashing with police.